This document outlines Japan's vocational ability development measures in 3 sentences: The document describes Japan's vocational ability development measures, which include subsidies for employer-supported career development, accredited vocational training facilities, and support for in-house training programs. It also outlines the implementation of public vocational training through polytechnic universities and colleges, and details international cooperation efforts like accepting foreign trainees and technical interns. The vocational development measures aim to evaluate and promote trades skills through national skills tests, in-house certification systems, and awards that recognize outstanding workers.

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[1] Vocational Ability Development Measures
Vocational Ability Development Measures
Subsidies to employers that support workers' efforts in career development
(career development promotion subsidy)
Facilities for educational training implemented by an enterprise or group of enterprises
(accredited vocational training) [1,174 facilities (as of April 1, 2010)]
Support for in-house training [lending facilities, dispatching instructors, etc.],
regional vocational training centers [82 centers]
Guidance/advise and information provision at Vocational Ability Development Service Centers
Educational training at Care Work Founfation [47 branch offices (facilities)]
Support for internationalization-aware vocational ability development
[information provision and consultation, etc.]
Practicing ability development combining on-the-job training and classroom education
(fixed-term practice training, practical human resource development system)
Developingandimprovementofvocationalabilities
Vocationalabilitydevelopmentmeasures
Polytechnic Universities (Employment and Human Resources Development Organization of Japan) [10 schools]
Polytechnic Colleges (Employment and Human Resources Development Organization of Japan, prefectural) [14 schools]
Polytechnic Centers (Employment and Human Resources Development Organization of Japan) [61 centers]
Advanced Polytechnic Centers
Polytechnic Schools (prefectural) [159 schools]
Polytechnic Schools (municipal) [1 school]
Polytechnic Schools for Persons with Disabilities (national and prefectural)[19 schools]
Polytechnic Universities
(Employment and Human Resources Development Organization of Japan) [1 school]
Implementation of public
vocational training
Career development promotion subsidy
Educational training benefits (part of training expenses is subsidized when insured person of
Employment Insurance for a certain period of time takes certain training)
Information provision and counseling at Career Development Support Comers (to be abolished on Oct. 1, 2011)
Japanese version of dual system, Regional Youth Support Stations [10 stations (FY2011)]Carrier development support for Freeters/NEETs
National Trade Skills Tests [136 occupation types; 290,000 passed in FY2009, approx. 4.3 million in total since FY1959]
In-house examination/certification system (40 business operators, etc., 140 occupation types) (as of January 1, 2011)
Development of vocational ability evaluation system for wide range of occupation types
Award for Outstandingly Skilled Workers (150 workers in FY2010), Monozukuri Nippon Grand Award,
WorldSkills Competition, Skills Grand Prix, Abylimpic, etc.
Cooperation in establishing and operating human resources development facilities overseas
(139 projects in 52 countries and 2 institutions in total since 1960; engaged in 9 projects in 9 countries as of the end of March 2010)
Dispatching experts in the field of vocational ability development
(in total 712 experts dispatched on long-term basis, 2 experts are dispatched as of the end of March 2011)
Acceptance of trainees in the field of vocational ability development
(6,895 trainees in total as the end of March 2011)
Internationalcooperation
Cooperation with APEC
Cooperation with SKILLS-AP (regional program on vocational ability development supported by ILO)
Cooperation with ASEAN
Promotion of welfare measures at working youth homes (391 homes as of May 2011)
Support for users of Working Holiday system
Appropriate and smooth promotion of technical intern trainee system
(175,002 trainees as of the end of Dec. 2009)
Skills evaluation system transfer promotion projects
Acceptance of government-sponsored foreign national students
Vocationalabilityevaluationand
promotionoftradeskills
Promotion of education and training
conducted by business operators, etc.
Preparation of in-house vocational
ability development plan
Appointment of a vocational ability
development promoter
Training for vocational
training instructors, etc.
Promotion of workers' voluntary human
resources development
Vocational ability evaluation system
Promotion of trade skills
Inter-government technical cooperation
Technical cooperation through
international organizations, etc.
Accepting foreign national technical
intern trainees
Welfare measures for working youth
(Note) The Job Card system is being implemented in promoting the transition to stable employment of job seekers, students, and
workers, etc. via fostering their occupational aspirations and clarifying any issues through careful career consultations using
Job Card, providing them with the opportunity to take practical vocational training (vocational ability development programs),
and then compiling the results of the evaluations made by training institutions along with their work histories, etc. as Job
Card.
Overview Structure of Vocational Ability Development Measures